Find Peace in Nature

Over the last few decades the property has been known as Shenoa, meaning in one of the Native American languages, “the peace you find in nature.”

Join Sara and Matt on this inspiring three-day Northern California Yoga Retreat. Located where the Pacific Coast meets the Anderson Valley, you’ll be in the perfect place for restoration and exploration in nature.

Start and end each day with an invigorating, grounding and deep Vinyasa flow. During free time, hike, enjoy a swim in the pool, read, or simply bask in the beauty of mother nature. This potent combination of yoga, nature, nourishing food and company is bound to leave you feeling rejuvenated.

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Starting From: $895

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3 days/2 nights Accommodation at the Land

5 amazing meals

Deeply Nourishing Classes with Sara & Matt

Cute farm animals

Amazing Optional Activities and Bodywork

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Start and end each day with an invigorating, grounding and deep Vinyasa flow. During free time, hike, enjoy a swim in the pool, read, or simply bask in the beauty of mother nature. This potent combination of yoga, nature, nourishing food and company is bound to leave you feeling rejuvenated.

Arrive Friday night into a welcome yoga class followed by a beautiful first dinner together.
Start each morning with a light breakfast, followed by a juicy vinyasa flow and rolling into a farm to table brunch.
Your afternoon is for you, to hike or read, to explore or restore, to visit a winery or visit the animals, to take a nap or swim in the river, to wander through redwoods or get a healing treatment.
We’ll meet for an evening yoga class followed by another delicious and local meal. Your evening is yours to connect deeply with new friends or go to sleep early for a full night’s rest.
On Sunday we’ll start with breakfast and have our final yoga class followed by another healthy brunch before we head on our separate ways, or together, back home, or deeper into the beauty of California.

There is a certain magnetism to this piece of Northern California wilderness that has attracted travelers, wayseers and visionaries for nearly a century. Beginning with the native Tabete Pomo tribe which some records say had a nearby village dating back 5000 years, the natural beauty of the Land has been very generous with the people whose lives it’s touched.

The property was first developed by Mary Ward and her brother James Hanen in 1908, who started a lodging resort that continued to operate through the 40s and 50s. During this time, many of the cabins you see today were built. Irving Newman bought the land around 1957 and converted the property to El Rancho Navarro, a long-beloved children’s camp and modern-day resort.

Historic trees of up to 300-years old dot the property, with the renowned Redwood Grove in Hendy Woods State Park, accessible from The Land by forest road. The Navarro River is a significant feature of The Land experience. Bordering the property for thousands of feet with the Rancheria, Anderson and Indian creek tributaries in close proximity to the property makes for great swimming holes and river walks. The miles of forested trails are great for hiking and exploring.

Teachers

Sara Hess

Sara has been a student of yoga since 2000 and has 500+ hours of training (ERYT-500). Based in San Francisco and Marin, Sara is known for leading fun, strong, and intelligent Vinyasa flow classes (Forest and Iyengar influenced). She draws from her dance background, as a former ballet and modern dancer at the elite level, to create intelligently sequenced classes that gracefully synchronize breath, posture, and alignment. Through these key elements, students are supported to explore each pose in depth in order to encounter their full, transformative potential. Sara challenges and playfully invites her students to wake up to their most authentic selves.

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Sara Hess

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Matt Champoux

Matt Champoux has been a student of yoga since 2000 and is an internationally recognized teacher with 500+ hours of training (ERYT-500). Based in San Francisco, he directs a Mysore-style Ashtanga program at The Mindful Body and teaches Vinyasa at Yoga Tree and YogaWorks. He is a lifelong student of both Hindu and Buddhist yoga philosophy and the shamanic traditions of Amazonia. These traditions inform and color his teachings on Vinyasa and Ashtanga, which are offered in a safe, dynamic, and inspiring way. He often uses props to ensure the practice meets a student where they are at (physically and mentally) in order to ensure their sustainable growth into the best practitioners possible.

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Matt Champoux

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Background

This one of a kind sanctuary at the intersection of the Pacific Coast and Mendocino’s Anderson Valley is a response to the suggestion that our purpose in life is to create connection. A training ground that fosters the much needed elements of empathy, connection, and attention, The Land is the door to your turned on life.

Set on 162 acres in Northern California, with exquisite detail to both natural and designed elements, creeks to swimming holes, eco conscious building practices to organic food, restoration of the local river, a thriving full-acre garden and practitioner ethos. We fill the environment of 8 multi-unit houses and 16 restored wood cabins with all of the amenities needed for connection, consciousness and flow. Your senses rest in the beautifully appointed simple detail surrounding your stay. Many courses taught by world class facilitators that include meditative deep dives, sitting on the cushion, or walking in the natural contemplative paths. The body soaks it all in with daily yoga, purifying bodywork, and a dip in our pools.

Keeping in mind that fulfillment is a way of life, and at the root of that way of life is a sense of connecting, The Land is designed to be more a co-creative experience than a resort — It is a lifestyle that emerges when you practice a set of principles that allow for intimacy with your life. From the most physical expression to the most spiritual – it is the fundamental discovery that what you are intimate with, you experience as divine. Including yourself.

There is a certain magnetism to this piece of Northern California wilderness that has attracted travelers, wayseers and visionaries for nearly a century. Beginning with the native Tabete Pomo tribe which some records say had a nearby village dating back 5000 years, the natural beauty of the Land has been very generous with the people whose lives it’s touched.

The property was first developed by Mary Ward and her brother James Hanen in 1908, who started a lodging resort that continued to operate through the 40s and 50s. During this time, many of the cabins you see today were built. Irving Newman bought the land around 1957 and converted the property to El Rancho Navarro, a long-beloved children’s camp and modern-day resort.

Over the last few decades the property has been known as Shenoa, meaning in one of the Native American languages, “the peace you find in nature.”

We encourage those that can’t afford the full price option to sign up early for the lowest price. We strive to maintain a balance between offering our programs to the widest range of participants and running a sustainable and thriving company so that we can continue to create and share our experiences with you. Please inquire about payment plans if you need help spreading out payments. We can split up your payments however final payments are due at least 45 days prior to the start date of your retreat.

By reserving your space through placing your deposit with us, you are agreeing to the stated policies in our Agreement. Please note:

If cancellation takes place more than 60 days prior to your departure date any payments made will be refunded minus your deposit. If cancellation takes place between 30-60 days prior to your departure, 50% of the trip price will be forfeited. If cancellation takes place less than 30 days prior to your departure date, 100% of the trip price will be forfeited.

YOGASCAPES reserves the right to make any changes deemed necessary by our team, trip leaders, teachers or partners. In the rare case of a cancellation on the part of YOGASCAPES (due to political unrest, dangerous weather, or low sign-ups) we will offer a transfer to another trip or a full refund of your funds. We require all participants to purchase travel insurance and highly encourage them to purchase “cancel for any reason” to protect them against the rare chance of cancellation.

All prices are per/person and include a non-refundable deposit of $500-750 for all retreats. For all trips under $500 the non-refundable deposit is $250.